I admit - under Biden we allowed more immigrants in than any country can realistically absorb. And now Trump is removing them, just like Obama did, who removed about 3 million illegals. Wait! Just like Obama? Not quite: Under Trump it is a manhunt, a race for the numbers, a photo op to make him, Trump, look great, and truth be trampled. ICE is on the record of going after people without any criminal record other than having lived and worked here for decades, to the benefit of their employers.
This, our low paid workforce is also easy to see. Hard criminals, drug and sex traffickers etc. are far more difficult to find. And no sane person is against deporting them. But this is no longer what's happening. And it is the way this manhunt is conducted that is outrageous. By the way, 1,000 removals a day makes it roughly 365,000 per year ... just a mathematical reality to think about it, critically.
Lotte Decker
Northeast side
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